Well, I’m toying with doing a V6 for Episode I. Episode I occupies a strange spot in my heart, and I’d like to reincorporate some bits and pieces. In a parallel to Lucas, in all likelihood, having children may shift my sensibilities!
I’m not promising anything right now, but if I proceed, here are my ideas for changes. Feel free to suggest anything else or share feedback.
- Maybe add a “roger, roger” to the commander droid responding to a hologram of the Neimodians, in order to include one somewhere (and possible do the same elsewhere if there’s another spot where a droid takes an order from the living being, but not the first ‘treaty’ scene which is already cut out)
- Reinstate Jar Jar sticking his tongue out at Qui-Gon in Watto’s shop
- Reinstate Jar Jar snatching apples with his tongue at dinner ( https://youtu.be/2df6x2YEeu8?t=33 )
- Put in truncated “it’s working, it’s working” scene
- Ditch the ‘morning before the race’ deleted scene in light of the previous change
- Maybe put back in “let’s go left” and “I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick”
- Add “when in trouble, gungans go to sacred place” as voiceover as they approach the Gungan shelter area (idea from MalaStrana)
- I might edit the podrace completely differently, ditching the musical score I added. I did it originally in 2006 and was fond of it, but it might be better without it and not edited specifically to fit the music
My color correction needs are very simple, but does anyone feel like making a LUT I can use to just tidy up the image overall? Just to tone down the red from the BluRay, and whatever else would make for a good universal setting to apply to the whole film.
I am excited for a potential V6 of this film! Just this last Saturday I had my “belated” Star Wars day since I was out of town the first weekend in May and played this and “Approaching Storm” edit. Everyone thought Approaching Storm was beyond fantastic but a bit conflicted with this due to some of your editing choices.
I would add at least one “Roger Roger” since it is one of those fun/funny quoting lines like “Boba Fett?!”
Also, reinstated “It’s working” scene is like the “Roger Roger” quote. If there is a way to trim it to keep the theme that Anakin is capable and not just such a lucky kid would be ideal. The use of the deleted scene is pretty flat and boring and visually odd with Kit.
I’d be ok with Anakin’s comments during the space battle, so far in this edit he is portrayed as being capable, and less like Inspector Gadget, and those comments WITHOUT the whole “auto pilot thing” doesn’t take away from his character. He is still a kid, and my goodness, he is pretty calm!
As for the pod race, I would agree with that. My group of buddies did think the music wasn’t right and seemed off.
I admit I am not sure with the reinstating some of the Jar Jar stuff. Maybe the apple thing, but the sticking tongue out may be a bit too much? It may depend if you still keep the electrocuting tongue part in the “working, working!” scene.
However, I do applaud your efforts and still think you do a mighty fine job on your edits.